Our Lady and St Peter's Church, East Grinstead

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Our Lady and St Peter's Church
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Our Lady and St Peter's Church, East Grinstead
51°07′43″N0°00′53″W / 51.128658°N 0.014745°W / 51.128658; -0.014745
OS grid reference TQ3900138455
LocationEast Grinstead, West Sussex
CountryEngland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website EastGrinsteadCatholicParish.com
History
StatusActive
Founded1879
Founder(s)Sir Edward Blount
Dedication Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Peter
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designationGrade II listed
Designated2 July 2015 [1]
Architect(s) Frederick Walters
Style Romanesque Revival
Groundbreaking 15 June 1897
Completed2 October 1898
Administration
Province Southwark
Diocese Arundel and Brighton
Deanery Crawley [2]

Our Lady and St Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in East Grinstead. It was built from 1897 to 1898 and designed by Frederick Walters. It is situated on the London Road close to where it becomes Station Road, north of East Grinstead railway station. It is a Romanesque Revival church and a Grade II listed building. [1]

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History

Foundation

In 1879, a Catholic mission was started in East Grinstead. It came from Crawley and was dedicated to St Edward and St Louis. It was founded by Sir Edward and Lady Gertrude Blount. The mission was centred in the chapel of Imberhorne Manor, the home of the Blounts. Sir Edward Blount came from Shropshire and was the son of Edward Blount, a member of the House of Commons for Steyning. After founding the Blount Père et Fils Bank in 1831 (which merged with Société Générale in 1870), and being knighted, he retired to Sussex. [1]

Construction

On 15 June 1897, the foundation stone was laid. The architect was Frederick Walters. Lady Blount died during construction of the church. On 2 October 1898, the church was opened. In 1899, stained glass windows were installed in the north east chapel. They were made by Hardman & Co., given by the Blounts and dedicated to St Gertrude and St Edward. Most of the fittings in the church was designed by Walters. [1] Also in 1899, the church was consecrated. [3]

Parish

Our Lady and St Peter's Church's parish also includes St Bernard's Church on Vicarage Road in Lingfield, Surrey. It was built in 1956. [4] Formerly in the parish was Our Lady of the Forest Church in Forest Row. It was built in the 1950s, closed in 2009, and was once visited by John F. Kennedy on 29 June 1963, during his stay at Harold Macmillan's house at Birch Grove, part of his only official visit to the UK. [5]

Our Lady and St Peter's Church has two Sunday Masses at 6.15pm on Saturday and at 10:30am on Sunday. St Bernard's Church has one Sunday Mass at 9:00am. Our Lady and St Peter's Church has its weekdays Masses at 9:30am. [6]

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